A touch of Frost - Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

4 TrustNews November 2007Yet again Children in Need brought out the best from ourstaff with an amazing outburst of talent and innovationfor the annual charity fund-raising effort. Here’s a… R O U N DA staff competition called“Are you a Smartie” raised£39 for Children in Need.The Child and Adult Care supportservice team toured HRI with the jarasking people to guess how manychocolate beans were in there.Winner, personnel managerJudith Taylor had the nearestguess with 1290 and shared themwith colleagues and friends. Thecorrect number was 1306.Deputy child and adult carecoordinator Sally Phillips said:“We try and do somethingeach year and we thoughtthe Smarties had a nice, funchildren’s element to it.”U PFrom left to right, child and adult care co-ordinator, Laurie Beckett, childand adult care administrator, Debbie Bottomley, deputy child and adult careco-ordinator, Sally Phillips.Training hardJudy Moorhouse is in strict trainingwith less than two weeks to go to her390- kilometre charity ride in India.She has been notching up 40 milesevery weekend around her homein Honley as well as three sessionsin the gym during the week.She has raised around £1,500in sponsorship so far and hopesto boost this further by the timeshe flies out on December 1.When in Rajasthan cycling will start at5am to make the most of the cooler weather.Judy, assistant divisional director ofsurgery, said: “I am very grateful forall the support so far but additionalsponsorship money is still neededso if anyone does wish to sponsorme please ring Debra Leather in ourHuddersfield office.” (ext 7307).All the proceeds from the Womenfor Women ride go toward providingbetter opportunities for trainingwomen scientists in healthcare forwomen and child health. A previousparticipant in the challenging bike rideis ITV This Morning’s Fern BrittonSpot the difference?Angela withDavid WiseSimon Jacklin “gave his face arest” for a week then shaved offhis beard for Children in Need.The general manager inmedicine and elderly raised £278in sponsorship with his efforts.He said: “I really wanted to raisesome money for the charity and mycolleagues gave me great support.I was getting quite used to thenew and distinguished looking me,however it came off following alittle pressure from Mrs Jacklin!”Staff in the phlebotomy unit at CRH raised £920 with a cake stall, a Pudseyscratchcard competition, collecting old mobile phones for recycling and acollection by Hospital Radio’s Captain Chaos around the wards.Mini-entrepreneur of thefuture James Buckley wasa star on the night itself afterbeing invited to enjoy the livecoverage with all the celebrities.The nine-year-old son of the Trust’sIT technical support officer MatthewBuckley mingled with his X-Factor heroesSimon, Sharon and Louis in the wings.The youngster was takingpart in a special Dragons’ DenTheBuckley’sepisode as he has designed aLook for Loneliness campaign forschools – a friendship schemeto stop pupils feeling left out.Matthew, said: “He had a fantastictime. It has all been a whirlwind.”James’ new-found TV stardownalso led to him switching on theChristmas lights in Halifax.Farewell AngelaWard clerk Angela McGrath retiredafter 25 years with the Trust – the last17 in joint replacement in orthopaedicat Huddersfield Royal Infirmary.Colleagues attended a meal atBradley’s in Huddersfield and a buffeton the ward. The food was provided byAngela, her colleagues and voluntaryworker Mrs Dorothy Allen.One colleague, said: “Angela isreally, really popular. She always hasa cheery word for everyone.” Angelanow plans to spend time with herfamily and on country walks.BEING A FOUNDATION TRUST ANDMEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENTDirector of organisationaldevelopment, Jan Freer gave apresentation which complementedan information pack for divisionsto support the recruitment andengagement of members of theCalderdale & Huddersfield nhsfoundation trust. Attention wasdrawn to the staff drop-in sessionwhich had been arranged forWednesday 5 December to giveinformation about becoming amember of the Foundation Trust.FINANCE AND BUSINESS PLANNINGFinance director Mark Brearleypresented the financial reportfor the period ending October31 2007. In summary the mainissues highlighted were:n a favourable variance of £807kfrom the budgeted (and planned)income and expenditure positionat the end of October 2007an income and expenditure surplus forthe year is forecast in line with plann the risk rating for the financialposition to the end of October2007 is 4 which is above theplanned level of 3 due to the strongperformance highlighted above.TRUST PERFORMANCE REPORTDirector of service developmentLesley Hill presented the trustperformance report for the period1 April 2007 to 31 October 2007.n The performance against 11 existingnational targets showed a strongperformance and the performanceagainst 11 of the 13 new nationaltargets showed strong performance.n Performance against 1 of the 13New National Targets showed causefor concern. C-diff – In Octoberthere were 26 cases of C-diffreported. The year to date figureis 125 against a target of 204.n Performance against 1 of the 13new national targets showed weakperformance. MRSA – In Octoberthere was 1 case of MRSA reported.The year to date figure is 21 against atarget of 15. A number of additionalmeasures are being put in place.PATHFINDER DECONTAMINATIONDirector of operations Mark Partingtonreported that phased implementationof the Pathfinder DecontaminationMigration scheme would take place nextweek for wards and departments, withtheatres commencing on 10 December.DARZI REVIEWMedical director Yvette Oade outlinedthe key features and aims of the review byLord Darzi into the NHS. These includedreducing health inequalities, extendingpersonal care and patient choice intoprimary care and for people with longtermconditions and creating a ‘healthinnovation council’ to promote moderntechniques more quickly throughout NHS.The final report expected inFebruary 2008.Tea Break teaserBoard Level: The word back from the Trust’sexecutive board meeting at HRI on November 19 1 2 3 4 5ACROSS6 Ancient Greek and Roman term foran Arab, used in the Middle Ages byEuropeans for all Muslims (7)7 Mountain on which Moses was giventhe Ten Commandments accordingto the Old Testament (5)9 Lake in Gwynedd, North Wales,called Llyn Tegid in Welsh (4)10 Capital of Brazil from 1960 (8)11 State in western USA, nicknamed theSilver State or the Sagebrush State (6)13 Narrow finger of land projectinginto the sea (4)16 According to the Bible, the nameof the garden where the Tree ofKnowledge is to be found (4)19 Surname of the author of Pride andPrejudice, first published in 1813 (6)22 Belgian town where Napoleon wasfinally defeated, in 1815 (8)24 Chief city of Dade County in Florida, wheredifficulties were experienced in countingvotes in the 2000 presidential elections (5)25 Planet, the eighth most distantfrom the sun (7)DOWN1 Soft toffee (7)2 Country linking North and South America (6)3 The largest country in Yugoslavia (6)4 Island of the Pacific, famous forearly atomic bomb test (6)5 Capital city of France (5)8 Planet, closest to the Earth in climate butonly about a tenth Earth’s size (4)12 River which passes throughChester, in England (3)14 City at the centre of the Basquearea of France (3)15 Source of the pale flame seen over marshlandover marshland, known as will-o’-the-wisp (7)17 Experiences, the interpretation of which isthe basic technique of psychoanalysis (6)6 79 1011 12 13 142116 17 18 19 2022 2324 2518 River of North Africa, by the banks ofwhich very early civilisations formed (4)19 A group of Portuguese islandsin the north Atlantic (6)20 Ancient Greek city-state, known for itsmilitary discipline and austerity (6)21 Harbour in which Drake sank muchof the Spanish fleet in 1587 (5)815Competition winnerThe winner of October’s crossword is EllenPerkins, ward 16 at HRI. The deadline fornext month’s entries is Friday December 14.Please send completed crosswords toGill Hoyle,Communications department,Learning Centre,Huddersfield Royal Infirmary.Name:.............................................Location:..........................................Telephone No:..................................TrustNews n T rustNews is the staff newsletter all about you. Please let the communications team have all your success stories and good news and send them to Communications,B Block, Nurses’ Residence, Huddersfield Royal Infirmary; or e–mail caroline.wright@cht.nhs.uk; or gill.hoyle@cht.nhs.uk or telephone 01484 355 253/6. The deadline forthe next edition is Friday December 14.Trust News is published by Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust.Designed and printed by Geronimo Communications www.geronimocommunications.com